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Christian Tradition: a History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 5 Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700)

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ISBN-10: 0226653803

ISBN-13: 9780226653808

Edition: 1989

Authors: Jaroslav Pelikan

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Jaroslav Pelikan begins this volume with the crisis of orthodoxy that confronted all Christian denominations by the beginning of the eighteenth century and continues through the twentieth century in its particular concerns with ecumenism. The modern period in the history of Christian doctrine, Pelikan demonstrates, may be defined as the time when doctrines that had been assumed more than debated for most of Christian history were themselves called into question: the idea of revelation, the uniqueness of Christ, the authority of Scripture, the expectation of life after death, even the very transcendence of God. "Knowledge of the immense intellectual effort invested in the construction of…    
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Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/4/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 414
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Leon Horsten is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol, UK.

Preface
Primary Sources ""Alas, Theology, Too""
The Crisis of Orthodoxy East and West Apologia for the Church Investigations into Christian Doctrine
The Doctrine of the Law and Grace A Devout and Holy Life
The Objectivity of Transcendent Revelation Miracle, Mystery, and Authority
The Contingent Truths of History Christological Dogma and the Historical Jesus
The Essence of True Religion
The Theology of the Heart
The Affectional Transposition of Doctrine God and the Soul Evangelical Perfection
The Exp